Detachable handle.



l. C. POPPER.

DETACHABLE HANDLE.

D N 2 l APP]. I ll- 1 270,206. Patented June 18, 1918.

UNITED STATES PATENT onnron.

ISAAC C..IPOPPER-, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

DETACHABLE HANDLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 18, 1918.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ISAAC O. Porrnn, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Detachable Handles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in detachable handles particularly adapted for handling hot culinary appliances, 1t being constructed and adapted to this one particular purpose and to this end it consists in two members pivoted together after the manner of a pair of pliers, one member having a hook at the end which takes over and fits the beaded edge of a cooking utensil or other article to be lifted or held, and the other member having a pair ofjaws which cooperate with the hook and which engage the outer surface of the receptacle adjacent to and within the space bounded by the hook forming a rest or support which insures a firm hold upon the utensil.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1, is a view in perspective showing m improved device attached to the beaded e go of the utensil.

Fig. 2, is a longitudinal sectional view.

Fig. 3, is a view in end elevation.

My improved holder is preferably stamped out of two pieces of sheet metal such, for instance, as aluminum in order to make it light and this article is primarily intended to be used as a detachable handle for the parts of a portable cooking apparatus set forth in an application filed concurrently with this.

This holder is composed of two members 1 and 2, each of which is extended at one end to form a handle. Member 1, may be bent at 3, at a slight angle and its extreme end is then bent sharply at approximately right angles, thence curved around to form a hook 4 in the form of and adapted to conform to the beaded edge of a cooking utensil such as indicated, and the end of the hook is somewhat extended to form a broad bearing upon the inner surface of the cooking utensil wliiich assists in gripping the utensil to be he The other member 2, terminates in a pair of jaws 5, through which, and through ears 6, in the other member the pin or pintle 7, passes, as a means of pivoting the two members together.

The extreme outer ends 8 of the jaws terminate approximately at a right an 1e and their function is to cooperate with 51c hook by engaging the surface of the receptacle on the outside and just below the beading so that while the hook ap roximately conforms to and embraces t e beading throughout a large portion of its transverse area, at the same time the extreme ends of the jaws embrace the body of the receptacle from the outside immediately beneath the bead, thus making a perfect handle which fits more or less tightly and which is capable of being easily and quickly applied or removed and which can be used in either lifting a hot article from the stove or flame or in tilting it or shaking it, if desired, by grasping both handles or handle 2 only as the utensil is lifted and held by the fulcrum created due to the pressure of the extreme ends of the jaws 8 upon the outer surface of the utensil adjacent to the bead and the embrasure of the hook around the bead and on the inner wall of the cooking utensil.

The jaws straddle the member having the hook and the two handles are adapted to come together or approximately together when the handle is in gripping position.

In this way a simple, light and inexpensive article is provided for the purpose, thus saving the fingers of the operator.

claim:

As an article of manufacture, a detachable handle comprising two members pivoted together, one terminating in a hook which conforms to and embraces the upper and inner beaded edge of the article to be held, and the other member terminating in two jaws, which approximately cross or intersect the hook and terminate in abrupt ends adjacent to the end of the hook and a disbead but upon the adjacent outer surface of tance therefrom approximately equivalent to the utensil so that a rigid grip is provided the thickness of the metal in the utensil, and upon the article to be held when one Or both 10 made to engage and fulcrum upon the outer handles are grasped.

5 surface of the utensil at a point adjacent to In testimony whereof I aflix my signature. thezhead andwithim the? compass of the'hook, j v a v I whereby bearing is had not only u onthe 'ISAAG" CIPO'PPER."

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